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Ghisledon and Drapcot. 
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apparently of Hodson, and Badbury, were all parcel of 
that immense estate of the Church liberated for lay occupancy in 
the sixteenth century. The ‘“ Liber de Hyda,” edited for the Rolls 
Series, duly mentions Chisledon among the most ancient possessions 
of the Abbey of Hyde by Winchester, while Badbury at the sur- 
render of the monasteries had been for centuries in the possession 
of the monks of Glastonbury. A schedule of deeds, in the hand- 
writing presumably of Sir William Calley, the first of his name 
here, will enable us to trace the descent of the manors of Chisledon 
and Burderop for close on a century from the year 1537 on :— 
Co ppeenny itself, with Burderop, its satellite, some part 
‘« Diverse parcells and evidences belonging unto the manners of Burderupp 
and Chisildon in the County of Wiltes. 
“1. Imprimis the old lease graunted by the Abbott to Tho: Stephens & al. for 
Gi yeares A° 29. H: viij'. (A.D. 1537]. 4 
“2. Item the copie of the Lettres Pattentes from the King to S* John Bridges 
Kt. of Burderupp and Chisildon A®°. 32. H. viij'. inrolled in chancery. 
[23 April, A.D. 1540}. 
“3. Item a deede from Edmund Lo: Chandoys to Tho: Stephens of Burderupp 
and Chisildon A°®. iiijt® Eliz: Regine. [A.D. 1562]. 
“4, Item the fine from the Lo: Chandoys and his lady to Tho: Stephens. 
“5, Item the lycence of alienacion from the Lo: Chandoys to Tho: Stephens. 
“6. Item a deede from Gyles Lo: Chandoys to Tho: Stephens of the Rectorie an 
Ryoalties of Burderupp and Chisilden A° 21. Eliz: Regine [A.D. 1579] 
“7, Item the defeasance of a statute from Edmund Lo: Chandoyes to Tho: 
‘Stephens A° iiij'® Eliz: of 3000". [A.D. 1562}. 
8. Item one Indenture of Intayle made by Tho: Stephens of the manners 0 
Burderupp and Chisildon A° 16 Eliz: Regine [A.D. 1574]. 
“9. Item one deede made by Nycholas and Tho: Stephens to Anthony Stephens 
of an Annuity of 50! per annum A° 5° Jacobi [A.D. 1607-8]. 
